Educational Systems and Structures Books

Aimed at Educators and Pedagogical Leaders, A Suitcase Full of Stories bridges the 'theory to practice' gap around pedagogical documentation in early education. The book reveals a fresh and creative insight into documentation through stories as a...

This book contains 10 complete practice tests for the Cambridge English B2 First Speaking, previously known as First Certificate in English (FCE)These sample tests have been written to closely replicate the Cambridge FCE Speaking exam experience and so...

The sensuous is the human experience, unfolding our everyday experiences and articulating our affects. Without sensory information, we could neither know nor be. This is because we gain information through our senses and interpret that information as...

Introducing our NYSTCE Literacy (065) Exam: Study Guide and Practice Test Questions for the New York State Teacher Examinations [2nd Edition]! Cirrus Test Prep's NYSTCE Literacy (065) Exam includes everything you need to pass the New York State...

Imagine a study guide actually made for teachers! Because we know your life is busy, we created a study guide that isn’t like other books out there. With Cirrus Test Prep’s unofficial Praxis II Principles of Learning and Teaching Early...

Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue is the journal of the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum(AATC). An important historical event in the development of organizations dealing with the scholarly field ofteaching and curriculum was the founding of...

Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue is the journal of the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum(AATC). An important historical event in the development of organizations dealing with the scholarly field ofteaching and curriculum was the founding of...

Leap into Action asks: "What happens when performative arts meet pedagogy?" and views performative teaching as building students' understanding of complex ideas and concepts "through action."tudents' understanding of complex ideas and concepts "through...

The question at the heart of the book is what might an education with self-care and care-for-others look like? Juxtaposing self-understanding through the method of currere and the historical character of hakbeolism (a concept indigenous to Korea...

The College Instructor's Guide to Writing Test Items: Measuring Student Learning addresses the need for direct and clear guidance on item writing for assessing broad ranges of content in many fields. By focusing on multiple-choice response items, this...

This book is designed to introduce professors and administrators in higher education to the philosophical, theoretical, and research support for using a constructivist perspective on learning to guide the reconstruction of undergraduate education. It...

Educational Technology Program and Project Evaluation is a unique, comprehensive guide to the formative and summative evaluation of programs, projects, products, practices and policies involving educational technology. Written for both beginning and...

This must-read book for all literacy educators illuminates the intersection of research on literacy instruction and teacher evaluation. Since 2009, 46 states have changed or revised policies related to evaluating teachers and school leaders. In order for...

Through analysis of case studies of young children (ages 3 to 8 years), situated in different geographic, cultural, linguistic, political, and socioeconomic sites on six continents, this book examines the interplay of childhoods, schooling, and,...

Provoking Curriculum Studies pushes forward a strong reading of the theoretical and methodological innovations taking place within curriculum studies research. Addressing an important gap in contemporary curriculum studies-conceptualizing scholars as...

The Handbook of Human and Social Conditions in Assessment is the first book to explore assessment issues and opportunities occurring due to the real world of human, cultural, historical, and societal influences upon assessment practices, policies, and...

In a struggling global economy, education is focused on core subjects such as language arts and mathematics, and the development of technological and career-readiness skills. Arts education has not been a central focus of education reform movements in...

Once the US was the only country in the world to offer a doctorate for studio artists,　however　the PhD in fine art disappeared after pressures established the MFA as the terminal degree for visual artists. Subsequently, the PhD in fine art emerged in the...

Decolonizing the History Curriculum in Malaysia and Singapore is a unique study in the history of education because it examines decolonization in terms of how it changed the subject of history in the school curriculum of two colonized countries -...

This book aims to isolate specific success factors for underrepresented minorities in undergraduate engineering programs. Based on a three-phase study spearheaded by the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, the findings include evidence...

Indigenous Education and the Metaphysics of Presence: A worlded philosophy explores a notion of education called 'worldedness' that sits at the core of indigenous philosophy. This is the idea that any one thing is constituted by all others and is,...

While much has been written about science education from pre-K through to postgraduate study, interaction with science and technology does not stop when schooling ends. Moving beyond scholarship on conventional education, this book extends the research...

Education about living in society and in the world is a vital task of schools. Yet such civic education is not always critically examined, and few among us have been encouraged to reflect on our civic education experiences. Around the world, one's civic...

Education and Social Dynamics offers a new approach to analyzing curriculum change by investigating the entanglement of education and society in markedly heterogeneous Turkey, which has recently witnessed nation-wide curriculum reforms. While the new...

Using critical curriculum theory as its lens, this book explores the relationship between religion-specifically, Christianity and the Judeo-Christian ethos underlying it-and secular public education in the United States. Despite various 20th-century...

In this volume scholars from around the world consider the influential work of William F. Pinar from a variety of "conversations" his ideas have generated. The major focus is on the What, Why, and How of the word "reconceptualization," which involves...

Inspired by the author's observations of the language curriculum as a practising teacher for the past 20 years, this book addresses how the high school Chinese language and literacy (Yuwen) curriculum in China was controlled and directed in the post-Mao...

In Performative Approaches in Arts Education, researchers, artists and practitioners from philosophy and the arts elaborate on what performative approaches can contribute to 21st century arts education. Introducing new perspectives on learning, the...

Moving beyond the expectations and processes of conventional teacher evaluation, this book provides a framework for teacher evaluation that better prepares educators to serve culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) learners. Covering theory,...

At the heart of this inquiry into the ethical implications of education reform on reading practices in middle and secondary classrooms, the central question is what is lost, hidden, or marginalized in the name of progress? Drawing on her own experiences...

Designing Effective Digital Badges is a hands-on guide to the principles, implementation, and assessment of digital badging systems. Informed by the fundamental concepts and research-based characteristics of effective badge design, this book uses...

The second volume in this Early Childhood Education in the 21st Century: International Teaching, Family and Policy Perspectives miniseries focuses on teacher and family perspectives of early childhood education and care from 19 different countries around...

Based on a qualitative meta-analysis of data from five studies conducted with secondary and college students, this book explores the multiple ways in which sources of cosmopolitan agency exist in their lives. Grounded in a framework of critical...

Drawing on the complexities and nuances in women's education in relation to the aftermath of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, this edited collection examines implications of religious-based policies on gender relations as well as the unanticipated outcomes...

Measurement and Statistics for Teachers deftly combines descriptive statistics and measurement in the classroom into a student-friendly, practical volume. Based on a course taught by the author for the past 25 years, this book offers to undergraduate...

Informative and mind-opening, this text uniquely provides a comprehensive overview of a range of non-western approaches to educational thought and practice. Its premise is that understanding the ways that other people educate their children-as well as...

Focused on the teaching and learning argumentative writing in grades 9-12, this important contribution to literacy education research and classroom practice offers a new perspective, a set of principled practices, and case studies of excellent teaching...

Using Developmentally Appropriate Practices to Teach the Common Core: Grades PreK-3 provides current and prospective primary grade teachers with an understanding of the CCSS-ELA and CCSS-M that highlights their compatibility with developmentally...

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Latinae Grammaticae Rudimenta is a book written by John William Donaldson and published in 1853. The book is aimed towards young beginners who are interested in learning Latin grammar. It is an extract from the complete Latin grammar, but it also...

""How To Do Architectural Drawing"" is a comprehensive textbook and practical guide for students in architectural draftsmanship, written by Oscar Schutte Teale and originally published in 1914. The book covers a wide range of topics related to...

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Thousands of students use our study materials to achieve high test scores. Scoring well on GRE Physics is essential for admission to a competitive graduate program. This book provides a thorough review of topics tested on GRE Physics, covering the...

Based on my evaluation experience as a principal investigator with more than 30 non-profit organizations, and as an associate dean for research for more than 10 years, it is apparent that evaluation literature needs to be further expanded and updated...

7% of American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows! You don't believe me? Then keep reading...This fact sounds too absurd to be true, right? But according to the Innovation Center of U.S. Dairy, 16.4 million people don't...

Microsoft Excel is an incredibly powerful tool. And even knowing just the basics of how to use it can help tremendously with your career and your finances.But mastering Excel functions can help you take that basic understanding to an entirely new level...

Microsoft Excel is an incredibly powerful tool.And even knowing just the basics of how to use it can help tremendously with your career and your finances.But mastering Excel functions can help you take that basic understanding to an entirely new level.In...

Microsoft Excel is an amazing tool. Once you've mastered the basics, it's time to learn a few tips and tricks to take things to the next level.In this guide you'll learn how to create pivot tables, chart your data, apply conditional...